Tone Pictures after Pastels in Prose

by Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952)

1. Roses and lilies

Language: French (Français) 
A great corbel of roses and a great corbel of lilies
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2. The sage's dance  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
On my flute, tipped with jade,
I sang a song to mortals; 
but the mortals did not understand.

Then I lifted my flute to the heavens, 
and I sang my song to the Sages.

The Sages rejoiced together, 
they danced on the glistening clouds.

And now mortals understand me, 
when I sing to the [accompaniment]1 
of my flute tipped with jade.

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3. The stranger

Language: English 
Whom lovest thou the best, enigmatical man, say 
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4. Indifference to the lures of spring

Language: French (Français) 
The peach-blossoms flutter like pink butterflies
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5. The red flower

Language: English 
While working sadly by my window
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6. Anywhere out of the world

Language: English 
This life is a hospital where every patient is possessed
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7. Evening on the water

Language: English 
The black gondola glided by the palaces of marble
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8. A poet gazes on the moon  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
From my garden I hear a woman singing;
But in sprite of her, I gaze on the moon.

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And I believe that the moon looks at me also;
For a long silver ray penetrates to my eyes.

I have never thought of meeting the woman
Who sings in the neighboring garden;
My gaze ever follows the moon in the heavens.

The moon mirrors herself in the eyes of poets,
As in the brilliant wyes of the dragons,
The poets of the sea.
From my garden, I hear a woman singing.

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9. The round under the bell

Language: English 
Twelve sorcerers were dancing under the big bell of Saint John's
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Total word count: 151